Ofcourse they are talking about trick skiing......
Riding with no poles is not too shabb shabb. I always ride with poles, except for the one time when I rode with no poles and executed an exceptional tres sixty. However, I genereally ride with poles for all those reasons stated; Tow pretty snowboard girls, get places easier, pole flips, pretending they are guns and shooting old ladies, and using them as shields when deflecting my brothers constant bombardments of getting hit by hils poles when he gets super angry at me, and because getting made fun of by some people just is not my bag baby. I really just wish that those who talk about riding with no poles in an extremely negative way is just plain silly. Hmmm, opinions.... everyone has them, Im dropping it.
Peaze out.
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Trying is the first step towards failure